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By Melvin Ibe
Borno State Commissioner of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement ( RRR ) , Engr. Mustapha Gubio has said that the State government is continuously constructing more housing estates in the rural areas towards the decongestion of IDPs camps .
The Commissioner noted that Boko Haram insurgency has kept 2000 housing units in the State capital still under the occupation of citizens displaced from their communities by the crisis.
Gubio said this yesterday, while interacting with Journalists over the activities of his ministry in the rural communities.
He said the terrorists destroyed magnitude of public and private structures in the various local government areas, leaving government with task of reconstruction of the destroyed structures .
The Commissioner said the housing estates presently occupied by IDPs in the metropolis were constructed by the previous administratio of Governor Kashim Shettima, but were not completed and allocated to people before they were taken over by the displaced persons since 2016, due to the lingering Boko Haram crisis.
" We are now waiting for the IDPs to be decongested and thereafter, we will finish the remaining work on the uncompleted houses and allocate them to people. So we are continuously building destroyed houses in communities as soon as they become accessible and secured.
" We have many locations we are building housing estates to tackle housing deficit resulting from insurgency. We have completed ones and the ones we have proposed to built.
" As for the proposed, we have 500 in Damasak, 300 in Biu, 500 in Gajibo ,500 in Marte ,500 in Gwoza town and the one in Chul. We are also collaborating with the federal government through the North East Development Commission ( NEDC ) for the construction of 10000 housing units.
" Because of the situation we found ourselves in the hands of the Boko Haram insurgency, we are working all other avenues so that we can reduce housing deficit as far as international standard is concerned," Gubio
Engr .Gubio after his return from Marte and Dikwa yesterday where he spent the weekend inspecting projects and other public buildings, today proceeded to Ngamdu and Auno.
Hon. Gubio met with Community leaders in Ngamdu and Kaga Local Government officials led by Hon Mustapha Ali Benisheik, member Representing Kaga Local Government in the State House of Assembly was accompanied by the Local Government Secretary, Ali Gambo Ngamdu , Hon Makinta Modu Mokolo and other Stakeholders.
Hon Makinta Modu Mokolo who spoke on behalf of the Ngamdu Community appealed to the government to address the flooding problem, fencing of Cemetery and job creation for the youths.
Engr .Mustapha Gubio while responding to the community ,said the government will engage the youths in the drainage evacuation, construction of parameter fence of the cemetery and create job opportunities to the youths by upgrading and expanding of an existing bread factory and confectionery in Ngamdu town.
Hon Mustapha Gubio while inspecting the ongoing construction of 500 Housing in Ngamdu and Auno, appreciated the standard and level of work, while the projects managers and Engineers took the Commissioner to the blocks manufacturing sites and presented to him, the quality of the blocks and standard.
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